---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correctional facilities, local; entry privileges."
description: "Local correctional facilities; entry privileges.Authorizes the Governor and members of the General Assembly toenter the interior of any local correctional facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "Virginia SB 673 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07e71ac0-2718-4385-807c-8f73499d3088"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB673"
source_hash: "5cf8cf592e9447d9b65fd5bb7010f5a5871032a8f3cdbff0c29e4579023e0cec"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 673 (2022) — Correctional facilities, local; entry privileges.

Local correctional facilities; entry privileges.Authorizes the Governor and members of the General Assembly toenter the interior of any local correctional facility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0277)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 22103030D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB673)
3. **SB673ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB673ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N 1-A) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 3-N) — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22103030D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB673)
- **2022-02-04** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-04** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-04** Reported from Public Safety (17-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Passed House (96-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Impact statement from DPB (SB673ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07e71ac0-2718-4385-807c-8f73499d3088`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).